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MEA UpdateBy MEA General Manager Joe Griffith
October 21, 2011
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MEA Major Undertakings
• Eklutna Generation Station
• Intertie/Transmission upgrades
• Distribution system upgrade/improvements
• ARCTEC (Alaska Railbelt Cooperative Transmission & Electric Company)
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Eklutna Generation Station
• Capacity - 135 MW
• Energy - 800,000 MWh/year average
• Price in negotiation
• Current Status
– Minor air permit in hand
– Looking for fuel supply
Fuel Supply
• Quick solution neededFavored Plan
• Cook Inlet 20” Line
• LNG Import
Backup Plan
• Diesel
• Investigating propane
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Transmission Line Improvements
• Teeland to Redington
• Eklutna line termination plan (Chugach, ML&P, MEA)
• EGS to Hospital substation
• Strengthen Douglas to Hospital link
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• Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
• Substation improvements
– Redington rebuild
– Parks rebuild
– Digital equipment installation
• Looping existing & new
• Underground injection – Eagle River
• Converting overhead to underground – Eagle River
• Clearing 300 miles/year overhead & underground
Distribution System Improvements
Railbelt Energy PlanRailbelt Energy PlanJoe Griffith, President, ARCTECJoe Griffith, President, ARCTEC
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ARCTEC – The Railbelt G & T Co-op
“Power in Unity”
•Created January, 2011
•Purpose:
• Addressing the generation, transmission and ancillary
service needs of the Railbelt region.
• Procuring fuel, alternative energy and hydroelectric
generation facilities.
• Electric utilities single voice
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• Southcentral Power Project
• Eklutna Generation Station
• Battle Creek
• Tx projects
• Geo thermal
• Wind– Fire Island
– Eva Creek
• CIGGS remodel
• LNG import/ N. Slope
• Watana hydro
Railbelt Energy Plan
ARCTEC Project Allocations
Anchorage to Quartz Creek Tx line maintenance
and repair $15,000,000
Battle Creek diversion into Bradley Lake $3,000,000
Cook Inlet Gas Gathering System (CIGGS)remodel $4,000,000
Substation improvements $1,000,000
Soldotna to Nikiski Tx upgrade $18,000,000
Quartz Creek to Soldotna Tx maintenance and
repair$5,000,000
Seward power plant integration $4,000,000
Soldotna to Quartz Creek Tx study, design and
permitting$1,000,000
Teeland to Healy Substation improvements and
repair$5,000,000
Grand Total $56,000,000
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Fuel Situation Alternatives
• Cook Inlet exploration
• AGIA spur
• Bullet line
• LNG import, foreign or
N. Slope supply
• Propane
• Diesel – last resort
Fuel Situation
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ARCTEC – The Future
• Investigate becoming Railbelt independent
system operator (ISO)
• Watana hydro project participant
• Battle Creek diversion support
• Upgrade Railbelt transmission system
• Truly become the Railbelt G & T
Questions & Discussion
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